Knockdown box.



J. F. ADAMS.

KNOGKDOWN BOX.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.19, 1908.

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JAMES FRANCIS ADAMS,- OF PHILLIPSBURG, NEW JERSEY.-

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES FRANCIS ADAMS,

- a citizen of the United States, and residing at Phillipsurg, in the county of Warren and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Boxes, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to knockdown boxes, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is particularly designed for use as a packingcrate for the shipment of articles of various kinds and classes and which also may be made of any desired size or capacity.

The invention is an improvement on that described and claimed in U. S. Letters Patent granted to me March 27, 1906, No. 815,670, and'is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which 1- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved knockdown box or crate in a knocked down position with all the parts thereof compactly folded together, Fig. 2 a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 8 a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 a perspective view of the box with all the parts in position for use except the cover, and showing one side folded inwardly and also showing a box slightly smaller or shorter than that shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, and ;Fig.-5 a view similar to Fig. 4. but showing the box complete with the cover in position.

In the practice of my invention, as shown in the drawings, I provide a box comprising a bottom a, two side members 6 and 0, two end members (Z and e and a cover f.

\ My improved knockdown box is preferably made of sheet metal, and the-end portions of the bottom a are provided with upwardly directed flanges a and a? and one side thereof with a similar flange 0. the vertical width of which is slightly less than that of the flanges a and a The side b is hinged to the'bottom a as shown at 6 and the side 0 is hinged to the flange a, as shown at c in Fig. 3. The end d is hinged to the side I) as shown at (1 and the end 6 is hinged to the side 0 as shown at e.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 19,1908. Serial No. 453,729.

Patented Aug. 8, 1909.

The side b and end e are also provided with keepers b and e which'interlock as shown in Fig. 5 and through which are passed headed and spht pins 9 to connect the parts b and e when set up ready for use, and the parts at and c are provided with, similar keepers d and c as shown in Fig. 2 and the headed and spht pins 9 are passed through these keepers to connect the parts (I and c at the corner h when said parts are set up ready for use.

The flanges a and a at the opposite ends of the bottom a are provided with circular apertures 'i having upwardly directed extensions t and the ends (2 and e are provided with headed pins 41 adapted to pass through said apertures, and when the parts are swung into the position shown in Fig. 5 the headed pins iipass through the apertures i, and the parts and e are raised so that the shanks of said ins will enter the upwardly directed extensions i of said apertures, and this looks the parts (I and e to the flanges a and a. of the bottom a, and this raising of the parts d and 6 also permits of the connection of the end (Z with the side 0, and the end 0 with the side I) at the corners h and h The cover f is provided with transverse bars which are secured thereto as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5, and these bars are provided at the top thereof, in the form of construction shown, with channel members 9' which may be securd thereto or independent thereof, and the ends of the channel members i are provided with screw-holes 3' The top edge portions of the ends (I and e are also provided with screw-holes 9", and the top edge portions of the sides I) and care rovided with similar screw-holes at 1' and t e end flanges a and a on the bottom a are also provided with screw-holes 9'".

The operation willbe readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following statement thereof. When the box is set u for use as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 and has een filled with the desired contents the cover f is'pressed downwardly thereinto as shown in Fig. 5, and the *barsj are placed in position and screws 7c are em ployed to secure the ends (Z and e to the ends of said bars and'the sides 6 and c to the two side bars. When it is desired to empty the box the bars 3' are removed and the cover f taken out and the box emptied in the usual manner, and when it is desired to fold the separate parts of the box together as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 for shipment or other purposes, the arts b and e are disconnected at the corner and the arts (1 and c are disconnected are folded onto the part b all as clearl s own in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, after which t e cover f is laid on the part c and the bars 7' are placed thereon as shown in said figures and secured in place by passing screws is through the holes in the flanges a and a of the bottom a as c earl shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive. Althoug the bars 7' are described herein as composed of two parts it will be apparent that said bars may be made in any desired manner, and other changes in and modifications of the construction herein described, may be made, within the scope of the a pended claims, without departing from t e spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Although I have described the parts I; and c as side, and the parts d and e as end members, and the bottom a as provided at its end and one side with flanges a, a and a, all the parts I), c, d and a may be considered as side members and the flanges a, a and a on the bottom a may be'considered as formed on three of the side edges of said bottom forthe pur ose of this specification.

' aving fully described my invention,- what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A box or crate of the knockdown class comprising a bottom a, side members I), c, d and e, and a top member f, the bottom a having upwardly directed flanges a a and a; at

three of its sides and the flange a being of less height than the flanges a. and a, the side member 0 beinghinged to the flange a, the

'memberici means for connecting the side members and c, and means for connecting the slde members I) and e when said side members are m-an upright positlon, means for connecting the side members d and e with the flanges a and a of the bottom a, and means for securing the top f in osition when the box or crate is filled, and dbvices for securing the top f to the flanges a} and a of the bottom a, when the parts of the box or crate are in a knocked down or folded position.

V 2. A box or crate of the knocked down class having upright flanges at two of itsends and one of its sides, aside member hinged to the side flange of the bottom, another side member hinged to the bottom op osite said last named flange; and two end members hinged to each of said side members, means for connecting one of said end members with the side member opposite that to which itis hinged, means for connecting the other endfor. securing said cover to thd end flanges on the bottom when thefparts of the box orcase are in a knocked down orfolded position.

In "testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 16th day of September 1908.

JAMES FRANCIS ADAMS.

Witnesses:

W. J. REYNOLDS, PHILIP OsBonN. 

